Families created through surrogacy: Mother-child relationships and children's psychological adjustment at age 7

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1579-1588

  Golombok, Susan ^a   Readings, Jennifer ^a   Blake, Lucy ^a   Casey, Polly ^a   Marks, Alex ^a   Jadva, Vasanti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Egg donation; Parent child relationship; Psychological adjustment; Surrogacy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OOCYTE DONATION; PARENT; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OOCYTE DONATION; PARENTS; PREGNANCY; SURROGATE MOTHERS;

EID: 82755189866     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025292     Document Type: Article

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